Andries Beeckman

Dutch painter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDutch painter
PlacesNetherlands
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1628, Zutphen, Netherlands
Death1664Amsterdam, Netherlands (aged 36 years)
Notable Works
The Castle of Batavia 
The details

Biography

Left image: Japanese Christian remained in Jakarta after Sakoku, c. 1656, by Andries Beeckman. Christianity indicated by the hat.
Right image: The same Japanese appears on the right, in the forefront. The Castle of Batavia by Andries Beeckman, c. 1656.
Olieverfschilderij door Andries Beeckman voorstellende het Kasteel Batavia gezien van Kali Besar west met op de voorgrond de vismarkt (ca 1662), collectie Tropenmuseum

Andries Beeckman (baptized 31 August 1628, Hasselt - buried 9 August 1664, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter of the 17th century. He is especially famous for his paintings of Southeast Asia and Batavia c. 1660. In 1657 he was known as Andries Beeckman from Zutphen and is last mentioned as finishing two paintings in Amsterdam in 1663. An Andries Beeckman was buried on August 9, 1664 in the Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)

Publication

  • Menno Jonker, Erlend de Groot en Caroline de Hart, Van velerlei pluimage. Zeventiende-eeuwse waterverftekeningen van Andries Beeckman. Nijmegen, Uitgeverij Van Tilt, 2014. ISBN 9789460041341
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